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Screening for offenders with an intellectual disability: The validity of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire [PDF]

Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The study assessed the validity of an intellectual disability screening tool, the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ), in three forensic settings: a community intellectual disability forensic service; a forensic in-patient secure unit and ...
Karen Mckenzie, Aja Louise Murray
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From “Learning disability to intellectual disability”—Perceptions of the increasing use of the term “intellectual disability” in learning disability policy, research and practice

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Background: The term “intellectual disability” is increasingly used to refer to people with learning disabilities in British learning disability policy, practice and research. This change is undoubtedly a reflection of the changing international context.
Victoria Cluley
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Theorising disability: a practical and representative ontology of learning disability

Disability & Society, 2019
This article contributes to the ongoing development of the theorisation of learning disability, focusing on the value of the ontological turn. We argue that while social theory has influenced understandings of disability within academia, particularly ...
Victoria Cluley, R. Fyson, A. Pilnick
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

BTS Clinical Statement on the prevention and management of community-acquired pneumonia in people with learning disability

Thorax, 2023
IntroductIon This BTS Clinical Statement addresses the risk assessment, prevention and management of communityacquired pneumonia (CAP) in people with a learning disability of all ages. Each section is summarised with key clinical practice points.
J. Legg, Jamie L. Allen, M. Andrew, C. Annesley, M. Chatwin, H. Crawford, Joanna Elverson, J. Forton, Kate Oulton, K. Renton, A. Tavare, Hilary Tedd, A. Simpson   +12 more
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Risks of covid-19 hospital admission and death for people with learning disability: population based cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform

British medical journal, 2021
Objective To assess the association between learning disability and risk of hospital admission and death from covid-19 in England among adults and children.
Elizabeth J. Williamson, Helen I. McDonald, K. Bhaskaran, A. Walker, Sebastian Bacon, S. Davy, A. Schultze, Laurie A. Tomlinson, C. Bates, M. Ramsay, Helen J. Curtis, Harriet Forbes, Kevin Wing, Caroline Minassian, J. Tazare, Caroline Morton, Emily Nightingale, A. Mehrkar, D. Evans, P. Inglesby, B. Mackenna, J. Cockburn, C. T. Rentsch, R. Mathur, A. Wong, R. Eggo, W. Hulme, R. Croker, J. Parry, F. Hester, Sam Harper, Ian J Douglas, Stephen J W Evans, L. Smeeth, B. Goldacre, Hannah Kuper   +35 more
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in people with intellectual disability: statistical approach to developing a bespoke screening tool

BJPsych Open, 2021
Background Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is common among people with intellectual disability. Diagnosing ADHD in this clinically and cognitively complex and diverse group is difficult, given the overlapping psychiatric and behavioural ...
Indermeet Sawhney, Bhathika Perera, Paul Bassett, Asif Zia, Regi T Alexander, Rohit Shankar   +5 more
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Types of Specific Learning Disability

Learning Disabilities [Working Title], 2021
The chapter “Specific Learning Disability and its Types” is an effort to educate the readers, specially the educators about a developmental disorder that begins by school age, although it may not be recognized until later.
Vinutha U. Muktamath, Priya R. Hegde, Samreen Chand   +2 more
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Improving access to Hackney Integrated Learning Disability Service

BMJ Open Quality, 2022
Aims Improving access to Hackney Integrated Learning Disability Service (ILDS) using quality improvement (QI) methodology by reducing the time taken to complete eligibility assessment by 50% by April 2021, while improving service user and staff ...
David Prior, Ian Hall, Jessica Spiers, Osama Omrani, Kirsty Haberland, Anwar Kabir, Candace Sinclair, Tom Woods, Laura Checkley   +8 more
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Implementing proposed reforms of the Mental Health Act for people with intellectual disability and autism: the perspective of multidisciplinary professionals in intellectual disability teams

BJPsych Open, 2022
Background A recent government white paper sets out proposals for reforms to the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). Some of these proposals affect people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism.
Bharat Velani, Indermeet Sawhney, Regi T. Alexander, Sophie Shardlow, Asif Zia   +4 more
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A structural equation mediation model captures the predictions amongst the parameters of the ease of language understanding model

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to assess the validity of the Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model through a statistical assessment of the relationships among its main parameters: processing speed, phonology, working memory (WM), and dB ...
Lina Homman, Lina Homman, Henrik Danielsson, Henrik Danielsson, Jerker Rönnberg, Jerker Rönnberg   +5 more
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